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Dougherty Park

Dougherty Park from directly overhead

Dougherty Park is a park in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
178 m

What to expect

Operated by
Chicago Park District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72516, -87.56280

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • The Mural @ 91st & Commercial: 0.7 mi
  • Sky Art: 0.8 mi
  • We All Come Together as One: 0.8 mi
  • Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Mural: 0.9 mi
  • Sims Metal Management Mural: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • South Chicago Farm: 1.2 mi
  • Saginaw Neighbors Garden: 2.2 mi
  • 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • 75th and Coles Community Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • South Shore Good Foods Community Garden: 2.7 mi
Attractions
  • Michelle Obama's Childhood Home: 2.5 mi
  • Al Capone's House: 3.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 6.5 mi
  • Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • South Shore Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
  • Eggers Grove Picnic Grove 2: 3.2 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 16: 3.8 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19B: 4.0 mi
  • Jackson Park - Grove 19A: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 51
Peaks: 28
  • Obama Center Sled Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Bridgeport: 9.2 mi
  • Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Belly Button Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Arbor Hill: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rain Garden Springs: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dougherty Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LieberESE 114°214 m18.4 mi
Mount TrashmoreNNW 340°204 m21.9 mi
Chanute HillESE 116°195 m17.0 mi
Players HillNW 315°187 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3916:23

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938485868747467544331

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 9 mi away.

  • Monk Parakeet81 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel37 obs
  • Monarch23 obs
  • viper's-bugloss23 obs
  • dense blazing star22 obs
  • Canada Goose19 obs
  • White-tailed Deer18 obs
  • American Robin17 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/135887316

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